Improvement in knit jackets



B. WECHSLBR.

Knit Jacket.

Ne. 212,580. Patented Feb. 25,1879

Inl/'en Z011 HOTcL\THOGnAPHER, WASHINGTON UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIeE.

BENJAMIN WECHSLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNIT JACKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,580, dated February25, 1879; application led November 23, 1878.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WEoEsLER, of New York city, county andState of New York, have invented an Improved Cardigan Jacket, of whichthe following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a front view ot' my improved Cardigan jacket. Fig. 2 is adetail face view otl the upper part thereof, showing the armopening inthe body otl the jacket before the said opening is closed. Fig. 3 is asimilar view, but showing' the arm-opening closed. Fig. 4 is a verticalsection on the line c Fig. l; Fig. 5, a horizontal section on the line yy, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in all thetgures.

This invention relates to certain improvements in knit jackets which areknown as Cardigan jackets,77 and which are usually knit in three pieces,one being the body and two sleeves.

M y invention consists in a new construction ot' yoke and ot' pocket atthelower part ot the jacket, as hereinafter more fully described.

The body A ot' the jacket is knit on a suitable knitting-machine to formthe ordinary straight parallel rows a a of meshes. Along the arm-hole bthe front rows, a2 a3, of meshes, which approach the lower end, d, ofsaid armhole, are continued in a concave line around the same to theupper end, e, ot' the arm-hole, and thence along' the line of the yoke gto the collar at j. Thus said rows form a selvage, fi, properly roundedto lit the end. of the sleeve. The sleeve is, by crocheting, connectedto this selvage, and the necessity of cutting the body to fit the sleeve,is thus entirely avoided and a seam rendered unnecessary.

It is observed that several of the upright rows of meshes a a abutagainst the concave selvage, and that thus, by the act of knitting, theentire jacket is made self-adjusting to the body ot the wearer.

At the back of the arm-hole a similar selvage, h, is formed bycontinuing one or more of the upright meshes. This selvage also extendsalong the yoke to the collar, as clearly indicated in the drawings. Theyoke is linished by crocheting the two selvages h and t' together abovethe sleeve, and thus becomes broad, and tits the garment well to theshoulder.

At the lower end of the jacket I form gussets k 7c by forking the rowsof meshes a a, in manner clearly shown in Fig. l. The garment is therebymade liaring to lit the hips ot the wearer.

The pockets l l I form by crocheting separate pieces m m ot' fabric tothe continuous body of the jacket. Heretoi'ore the jackets were cut (andconsequently weakened) for the reception of the pockets; but myjaeket,as

. clearly appears from Figs. 4 and 5, is not in the least weakened bythe application oi" the pockets.

My jacket is made complete without having any otits part-s cutorweakened. The shoulders are properly sloped, the arm-holes rounded togive a perfect lit, all without cutting or leaving raveling edges orstitching; and otherwise thejacket is made to properly conform to thesha-pe ofthe human body.

I claim- 1. In a knit jacket, the rows a2 a3 ot" meshes, which arecontinued to form selvagcedges h and i around the arm-hole, extendingbackward and forward from the arm-hole, and which are united betweenarm-hole and collar to form a at yoke, all arranged so that the frontand back of the jacket will have a continuous selvage from the lower endto the eollar, on both sides, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. In a knit jacket, the body A, made continuous, combined with thepocket-pieces m m, which are crocheted thereto, substantially asspecified.

BENJAMIN WEGHSIIER. Vitnesses:

T. B. MosHER, FRANK Siri?.

